| War and peace Contributor(s): Maude, Louise (Translator), Maude, Aylmer (Translator), Tolstoy, Leo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1537492705 ISBN-13: 9781537492704 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Media Tie-in |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1200 |
| Physical Information: 1.26" H x 8.5" W x 11" (3.15 lbs) 626 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - French |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10048 Reading Level: 10.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 118.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, (1828-1910). It is regarded as one of the central works of world literature. The novel charts the history of the French invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families. The novel tells the story of five families - the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskys, the Rostovs, the Kuragins, and the Drubetskoys. The novel begins in July 1805 in Saint Petersburg, at a soir e given by Anna Pavlovna Scherer-the maid of honour and confidante to the dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. Many of the main characters are introduced as they enter the salon. Pierre (Pyotr Kirilovich) Bezukhov is the illegitimate son of a wealthy count, who is dying after a series of strokes. Pierre is about to become embroiled in a struggle for his inheritance. Educated abroad at his father's expense following his mother's death, Pierre is kindhearted but socially awkward, and finds it difficult to integrate into Petersburg society. It is known to everyone at the soir e that Pierre is his father's favorite of all the old count's illegitimate progeny. |